what's your fav expression or idiom?

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17 Feb 2007, 6:50 pm

i always liked stuff with ... "living-daylights"

like when you get in trouble... your parents say, "I'm gonna spank the living-daylights outta you!! !"

always thought it was funny


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17 Feb 2007, 6:57 pm

lol
my mum says s**t like "lord god!" when i do something surprising.



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17 Feb 2007, 6:58 pm

another stupid one:
"i know you didn't just do w/e" when some1 does w/e



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17 Feb 2007, 7:00 pm

"You know what really grinds my gears?"

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17 Feb 2007, 7:25 pm

"This'll hurt me more than it hurts you."

I'm thinking, how is that possible, usually?


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17 Feb 2007, 7:31 pm

'That really pushes my buttons.'



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17 Feb 2007, 7:37 pm

I use the term "bloody" when I am annoyed. Ex: "Oh bloody hell!"



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17 Feb 2007, 7:41 pm

I like Bugger a lot, classic Kiwi term. I also like my two made-up swear words; Flitch and Schmitz. Shcmitz also happens to be a German company name for truck tire flaps!


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17 Feb 2007, 7:42 pm

Holy ****



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17 Feb 2007, 7:51 pm

KBABZ wrote:
I like Bugger a lot, classic Kiwi term.


'Bugger' is British!

Still wouldn't mind seeing Kiwiland though. :)



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17 Feb 2007, 7:53 pm

Imagine that.


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17 Feb 2007, 9:46 pm

"What in tarnation?"

Did that originate in North Carolina?


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17 Feb 2007, 9:50 pm

I wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire.



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17 Feb 2007, 9:53 pm

"What the blazes?" - version of WTF

"Don't mess with your elders" - line i use when people pick on me

"Ku desa! Ku Ku Ku!" - Al Bhed (i think) for "Go time! Go Go Go!" - used whenever lunch is dismissed at school.

cant think of any others right now


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17 Feb 2007, 9:56 pm

When I was younger I used to use the phrase "what's his/her 'nad" instead of "what's his/her name." It sounds stupid but I swear everyone who heard me use that started to pick it up.



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17 Feb 2007, 10:13 pm

"There is more then one way to skin a cat"..... 8O Who are these people and why are they skinning cats in multiple ways????

I like a lot of the Southern idioms (mark Twain was great at these)but cant think of any off hand<---off hand?

"Beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick"

"________ and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee"<-----implying that _______is worthless.


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